#8BCBC6#8BCBC6

#8BCBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.066 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBC6
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 198)
HSL	hsl(175, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(175, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -21.36, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 21.74, 190.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0646 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.066 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1929, 52.2757, 61.2821)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBC6 #CB8B90

analogous

#8BCBA6 #8BCBC6 #8BB0CB

triadic

#8BCBC6 #C68BCB #CBC68B

tetradic

#8BCBC6 #A68BCB #CB8B90 #B0CB8B

square

#8BCBC6 #A68BCB #CB8B90 #B0CB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBC6 #CB8BB0 #CBA68B

monochromatic

#449891 #61B8B1 #8BCBC6 #B5DEDB #E0F1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8BCBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#8BCBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBC6

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBC6	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.066 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbd7',
    500: '#8bcbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbc6;
$custom-light: #afdbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.313,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79758,
    "c": 0.06555,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBC6

secondary

#9E5C61

accent

#343EB1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBC6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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